THE PHILIPPINES: War of Suppression

Since President Ferdinand Marcos
imposed martial law last September, the Philippine armed forces have
used their new powers in a struggle to suppress two guerrilla
rebellions at opposite ends of the country. One has been organized by
the Maoist New People's Army, with perhaps 1,500 combat cadres,
operating In Isabela province on Luzon Island in the far north of the
country. The other is a resistance movement among Moslems in the
southern island of Mindanao and on the jewel-like tropical islands of
the Sulu Archipelago. While the Maoists have been thrown on the
defensive, martial law seems only to...